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Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 11

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AMERICAN GIRLS This Club Won Championship of the Industrial League in Season Just Closed A BPLLCy I OUR CONTESTS SCHEDULED OR' SCHOOL ELEVENS putting up pretty fight for CALL HITS RING ANS nt WELL AS BOXERS WELKER COCHRAN INSISTS ON SET WITH CHAMPION TOOUNDRYITES IN POOR CONTEST BE IN ATHLETICS advent AT A NOW PLENTY GOOD at Navin SPORT PROMISED HERE OR WINTER I na HERALDS SCORE of bril track cwnori and TWICE AGAINST II LEADERS START YEAR PONTIAC ELEVEN flthlr at heard A) i to show the heat meeting held race 'hough aoverui othrs on each awjenij a mile 4 HERALDS OPEN SUNDAY at DOBLER WINS MARATHON I She Is a very racy look (hr grviif uork In duhttf for fnw instances more jtnr improved the same distance ami new standards com mentor ia still the problem of Maxwells the third its effect than one shortage on In of gives mem enter BECOMING GREAT WATER ATHLETES belief actual to the con who not But and bouts Carl bli the ilnot lalgli become1' None ot Three Out of Town Aggrega tions on Detroit Menu or Saturday Outdoor Swimming Season Drawing to a Close Has Seen Much Record Breaking Eleven Heaviest and able Men Average Heavyweights Scale Accept at 191 ICHIGAN TEAM LIGHTEST YOST EVER PRODUCED c'D Mt I 'leilie bit should fall entry MRS GALLIGAN INNEY HAS BIG REPUTATION MJIlfI EATtCi IIiIm 1w nri pli'ttirr of Srrgeanl of the 1 nfrr mi I nil I Athletic Hub oh Trumbull nsriitir nnil the Htt Detroit I'lk Io hr Injured on the rench linttlellrliK Latter Must Start Bouts Early for Benefit of Munitions Mak ers and Service Men ONE MAJOR SPORT IS LET AND ITS LIE IS UNCERAIN CENTRAL WILL PLAY BAY CITY GRIDDERS ods are not major league gauge as the way they tllvvered on the Hall Lights thing proved BOOSTING MINOR ATHLETICS AMONG THE HIGH SCHOOLS ntlrd Them Holy Trinity school um Is after game with any expound eleven In Detroit Telephone Glundale 4566 The Holy Trinity team hnd a game hooked with the Regans of Spring wcIIh Sunday afternoon but they (allvd to show up Sergeant enton Mending Rapidly at Goldberg field and Northern come three are Important Detroit schools To Wlsrst of all are the tennis players It required a city champion to put rank loyd out of the Detroit title Then he boasted he was the oldest man In the tourney And ho stopped right there Northwestern Invades Toledo to Meet Waite High Cass Tech Plays Northeastern THIS GAMES Northwestern vs Toledo Waite nt 1 oleflo Central vs Bay City Eastern Detroit na Inch N'nrthwpstem Northern vs Pontiac at Detroit Urging noiind tho half mile tru'VM this yeat: Is a bay hurse call ed tfftron Chan and from whnt lie mi a shown he Is destined to be or better pacer next season Baron Chan should have been a fuller for his breeding Is of thoAe luxe sort Uy Burong sire the ex chaniplon twa year nld stallion Justice Brooke he is out of bTultlon by Adbell and hep dam was Expectation the dam of Major i the line up that is sure to bo W'lt With so many rulings by the war Kaleparhnent in rt ganl tu tali sports university authorities are be Iwotnlng it? a 1 anxious as to what Pfihey in going to be able tu do first gxiiiu ot the aMson with Question of New Marks Will Be Taken at A A Annual i eting BY HANDLEY Outdoor swimming reason now drawing a finish will pass into history as the most urrssfnl inthe aruals 'of Amertoan water sports for women Records were nhattered by our meijnalds at virtually every free st'q distance on National A I' table anl some of tbs old tnarka were lowered by 'amazing margins In a than one girl time for the several of the pare favorably with world's figures wluqi conditions ire taken Into con sideration Six Detroit schools have games scheduled this week' but only five will get into action Monroe having cancelled its entire list leaving Eastern high with no booking Coach Drew of tho Indians doesn't cherish the Idea ot lying idle a week especially the Satur day before first game with Central since 1912 which is scheduled for October 12 Thue out of town eleven will be engaged Northwestern takes on Toledo Waite Central and Bay City Eastern battle while together All games for the ledo opened Its season with Brad ner high Saturday and won 114 to Pontiac trimmed University high of Detroit at the Asylum City 22 to 0 whll Bay City Eastern's first contest this season will be against the Blue and White PUNTER NEEDED BUT MATERIAL IS POOR Captain Murchie commandant of ''(ho ami Lieutenant Lessig uithlolh: oiHrer are determined that very man enrolled In the 8 A take part in sonic active form Aif athletic work These two ofil We like yachtsmen because they are honest When Wood senior won the championship on Saturday he said right out that it was his liCtlath birth day Still Wood Jr was in the race No alibi MertJnr to Organise Will Be Held At A Monday MM Basketball is being started at this early date The leaders who made a cred itable showing among junior teams of thv city have called to gether players of HH7 for organizing and can be expect! to start prac tice In a week or so An Important meeting will be held at the A Monday night where preliminary plans for a big year of the court sport will be laid The leaders have not announced whether they will enter any of the leagues about to be formed or not Toledo Maroons Meet Detroit Eleven At Nnvln ield Heralds and Toledo Maroons open tho football eeiwon Sunday after rum at Navin field and a ml 1 seaMuu foulball struggle fllnruld ro suit The Toledoans have been prac ticing fur more than two weeks and have a fast aggregation despite the Inroads the war has made on football ranks the rountYy over Bill Marshall will work ut the Jleridds hard this week to Iron out the had Kpotx which appeared in Sunday's game with tho servlcu team at Pontiac The victory of the Heralds Sun day nRnlnat the army boys who have been plalng together for al most ft month is evidence that the Hed and wnne team win ue strong as It ever has thos wh said football poor this season will bo the scales at 149 Genebach is Charley iex beat of the half track timers did lust what writer pry dieted V'hn he turned nruuml in faat company Hn tackled un unusuiil pnld of 2:0" trotters on Wednvwiry dropped heat to Miss Pvrfecbk then won tho next two the thlml one In 2 06 1 4 When he he its 2:05 on a good track It will be no PUVdfiav Armndas Want Gnmea Armadas would like to fill their schedule and ask the managers of the foUowluf hmrns to call Huber at Lincoln 223 nt once Grlnd A Marleys Mohawks St Gerards Maroons Woodland ami Pont lac Armadas practice Monday Wednesday and riday of this eek4 Kram is the ability of the members Kt thu iirst equad in comparison to Wio submit utu "liutry up" Mould bu suru that no uiu would Hurt btjcuiiiu inellgibU or be called Hi to service he would have hllle Huso to worry The injury of a Good Old Days Gone Years ago when the Bay City school was harboring such players as Pat Smith and his brother it was given recognition by Detroit eb'Vens hut thoso flays are long MAXWELL AJ Keep ree rom Cold Take Turkish Baths Jfjl At The Oriental Baths 64 Library Ave Wv i rv as been and would be fooled nps'hua Stale coHogo i isii nu ulshed In I cui mian Iealg is an Indian i unlvcrwltv Ifronted with Twill do his kicking Haigh the itbeat punter that has been on the Afield fur several aemsuns though fjiot so strong the oilier depart kinrijta of the game Usher is dv some good drop klekhig hut compete wun the six iooi In Dunting btial eature There usual feature of this year's peiL'Htnlng verv well In the Ohio circuit and now to cap the (Umax flbv wins hard fought six heat race al Columbus wearing down the otbors uptll she did not nave neat 4 She is to nt Mt this week 4 "I 1 HBLLn 1 1 a Beat Soldiers Stationed Asylum Town by Count of Thirteen to Nothing nntlac Mich Sept Th Uni ted States army football tr atn con sisting of oldlBrs st itionol tn tlac an1 the Detroit Heralds open ed their respective football season here today on the high school ath letic field with ths Heralds emerg ing victor by the scorn of 13 to 0 Though neither tarn has had much practice so far this season the brand of fooibnll offered teas much better than expected Captain Dunne of the Heralds and Captain Holden ot the army eleven were the outstanding stars of ut tllct team played stellar football Neither team counted In the first half however was perilously i lose to tlie soldiers' goal In th0 third and fourth quarters Dunne went over for tBuchdowns Condi tion counted at the finish for the soldiers were well tuckered when they started the half and tho visi tors found the going fairly easy In the third period In the fourth the army men braced and threatened to score on two "ceasions Entries a Dexter park where tliev week close on Tues day with tSlembruimk al the Bums hntI Chlenonn shows Vpe Before 30 UOO I'enuini Chlcag strorue Dh ler ot Phlcago won the Liberty loan marathon over the full di tance of 2C miles and IDt yards tn Huy Lu three huura 15 minutes oud tlVP WCCDnflH rank Glilluple of Chicago was flcroml and Tvd Johnflon of Salt Lake City was third fiiit Of 14 Htnrtom eight finished the rare which wax witnuuHM by gpnroxl WUly livm pemuim RACING GREAT AUTUMN MEETING TROTTING and PACING Clinton View Park Mt Clemens Michigan Xlu Of Half Milers 3 Big Racti Each Day 3 Adiulslon Gnta 7Se Ladle 23c Interurban Cars every half hour front Detroit Rae Truck Gate iArniv Boy Wins I High Dive Title Cly Swendsen a member of the Los Angelas Athletic club Send Hto iloned at Los Angeles harbor won the national high diving championship at a con tost neld at the harbor under the auspices nt the A A Haig Prieht also of the Los Angeles A th let rlub was sec fond and Corporal William Winder of the United States balloon school at ArcadiaCat was third Northeastern and Cans Tech play the only game in which two local Mchuols are concerned rom the re i ports of tho two eleven's wxrk fiat mday they should weigh about the wnti but Northeastern possesses more experience than the Green and White Tha alcons look to have one of the test working lines of the small er schools in Detroit Its work against Eastern is evidence of that Tech appealed weak at stoppingnd runs against Huw showing agairst the subur banite was crrtJiMOlj inasmuch as tno vnHre team is gren Coach u'incy hopes to correct this fault of hut it men past 'lie flanks with the leather during Hju week Toledo Is already aroused over the coming of the Micdupan stute chain pione of 1917 atunluy when the Colts and Wattes athletes oppose each other T7it Maumee high mauled some heretofore unknown prep eleven fdr elarter last week The count wars 114 for Toledo and nil for the Brener eleven Tolede Team is ast This victory of 'Watte Is proof that it hflH the spued However they will encounter no poor team when the Colts invade their city The vv illites are not overconfident because i their overwhelming rout of Anu AA'bor last Saturday If they hope enter computitivn for the nattoiuw championship later In the fall must eject the Toledoans horn their path Ueuirul unu Bay City Eastern meet in tho headliner In Detroit this we The Buy Cityans are report ed to have a heavy team this fall I ai'l are coupling with that (totyr nnnation and hard work The eleven was defeated by Cvn HhI lor the last four or five sea but has always returns to re is Best of Kicking Aspirants but is Weak in Other' Departments Special to The ree Press Ann Arbor Mich Sept WrSt wl11 lle C0In9elled to pm one HRhtest teams in the fieldds year that he has ever pro filured The elevon heaviest men on the Isquad who look Uko acceptablematerial average hut 175 3 ftn1 firo tho hoav of the suuad both weighing 15 3 91 while Walker and Knode who i aro the privilege of piloting tho team td Vln for Soccer League RuiorH which center about Air the board of education who8 a Jradianl supporter of xoccer are Lhe effect that a hleh school will be formed Soccer has b'An played In tly phypleal train rlasRftM at all the high schoolsor live or Hix years and almostevery student graduating from 1 school tn these days knows some thing of the game If a soccer league Is formed boys whn are unahh to compete in foot ball basketball and baseball because of phvslcul incapabilities will bene fit All nine institutions in the city will bo able to outer and some real competition will result More championship fonthall tim ber Ih In the growing at Northwest ern high school Seldom Is it that class elevens get into action before from thr middle The Sulu uf llelvnn Guy to an eastern man for IfiOUO removed to that suction a trotter that should make history for she was one of the best half milers In Mbhlgan this year She Is a very racy look ing roan mare by Guy Axwnrthy dam by Trcgnnlle and has a fault Itss way of going Maxwell Offer Little Resist ance to American Car Nine Losing 7 to 1 munitions championship fell to the American Car oun dry ball club in a listless game of ball with the Maxwells field Sunday afternoon Tho core was 7 to 1 ecored their lone tally in un Hamrm single ud a three sack blow by Qeorge Ort Af ter Oiat the semi pro champs of the city didn't figure in ths game at all The big leaguers were much In evidence during the activities ot the afternoon especially Veach Nine ot the 10 blows the carmen secured were made by the former major stars and four of those nine were through the medium of the former Tiger rlghtrtelder's bat Doc Weed set the seini pro boys on the team flown hit leas but pour support behind him aided the sandlottcrs to get on the Hammerschmidt throwing buys pilfering Armad4 ifjniorfl praotlce Wodncs ilay aim' riday nights this week Juiuorr (VHnt Saturday games wflthb'lmi! tpnms fall Lincoln 3283 in lij 'evening 'Possibly the football situation will work out just as well even if it be comes necessary to abandon No vember play Some of the games scheduled lor that month would have to bo called off under prior regulations anyway notln Ing to prevent matches between class teams or from other organi zations within a college These may not produce to high grade football but they would result in partiHpiu tion by a greater number of men Service lootball will to some ex tent take th place of that of the big schools Just as shops and ship yards ball xyill be substituted for i he professional game next reason if it Ik impossible to revive the major leagues at that time The of ficial fooibnll gnida for the ent vear carries the records of the teams of no le rs than 30 camps snd naval stations Tills list includes only the huger of these There are more ot these elevens thia fall tiomt of them are virtually ail col legiHte teams But water sport inakeu for truthfulness Pop Warner has baen couching the crows and will race anybody Yet he never sialic that he has a registration card but that he left it in his other clothes entry at Clinton View park s' jJubs tbe wholesome of the tn date ti All nf Hu fnstt Detroit horses Are there M1 'heir owners will bo loii harJ wMdi them perform Horses that were nt Charlotte and several oth are at the owler ville fair this week Many of tho Northville Hteuda went Imlay City Lexington opens today with what should be oim of the most brilliant meetings hi tho history of this fam ous oval All of Um slakes and classes look good Not all the rtf ars are at Northern this year the 'pchnnl which hogged all the wale championships Inst season SmcheaBtern may earn reputation fn aquatic athletics Westron ha' one or two gnod swim mers ennuh for the nucleus of a team stern has the natural school pde to place a team In competlHij the other schools do 3onnwrqerii has several good the ii In Detroiter Ihitt he lircte to get hack to him conipnny nt mi curl) date Ncrgront I'enton uhm In thr thick of the tlghthiu until SUU 014 BUI Grinin hnnrthnll dvunp sticks to 'tB yearB Htuff and prove It but at aw ful rest He bad to "how a lint Mich birth crrllllrate And he had all but 11vd down Ills early life Baseball Is the sport that will Hufier least exeoptibK in the cue of those who hnve money tied up In plnnts They mny Ko Into In dependent lenyims ns now planned but their eMiriisca In these excelli ng salurles will be seut heretofore and their receipts necosxarUy tu'lch less 9 he ex Diment is worth a trhi and Us failure If m'h thlna results nom1 tii nx to concern only those xs ho take the ehanco If there Is league of western cities that now hold major or A A franchises It will not ba conduct ed by or with ihe asalstaneo of the gnverninK body that has hud control of the amateur class cham pionships Their Ideas and metl Th four year ohl Bonner shows' at Northville that he Is a might good trotlliiK prospect and shoui eno ot the best lu the sbrv clasBcfl next He is by Bumiaman Jd flwit June 16 refflrnch MAmadc in fhe colutnni tQ th IiT'MiI of Splur tluit wn ft ficX on one cf tlm Clcvalami half ack Ulrica then has Devotees ot the running lurt are beginning to wonder If their sport which is the only one ot the larger branches that has not been seriously atteeted is to be bit The decision of the two big press association to discontinue eariying to their cli ents the results and entries was njt a direct government order but lowed consultation with General Crowder He saw In this a jncans to release to other work a num ber ot telegraphers who had been tied up on racing wires ippi'flii ion to cuPtinuance ot rac ing has developed In Kentucky par tially however because of friction A Aii I the latter seeing in tho war mt uatlon a chance fo arouse in Imlr move There is a direct nb tack on New Orleans racing right now It Is ossible that at any mo ment the goveinmiutt may class racing as an entirely non cssr ntfil thing and release to other work Il men concerned In it who are not etiKagod In the breeding Industry nr cui of horses Say He Will Play Willie Hoppe or Title All Pro ceeds to Charity New York Sept Welker Cochran has hit upon another plan for forcing Willie Hoppe into a match for 182 balk line title "If Hoppe Is sincere In his nounced Intention ot playlng llard matches for the benefit ot Red Cross and other war charities" Cochran today "let him meet me In a match for tho balk line championship with the understand ing that the entire proceeds shall be turned over tl Rome such funds ready to play any time wonder It Hoppe is? I'm begin ning to think atraM to meet me In a match I'll play under any conditions ha names It's up to him" ollowers of the game are hoping that Hoppe will agree to meet Cochran before the latter le called to the colors He Is In class a 1 and is now awaiting his eummons to service Local billiard men have 'begun a drive to sell J250000 ot Idberty bonds In the last drive they dis posed of I2UU01KI worth HOLLEY CAKBUKE'lUR TEAM Played good ball all summer and Won the right to the Industrial league pennant hy dint of super ior pastiming Reading from left to right the men are: Webb second base Mitchell shortstop Pardon manager Vedder first base oster pitcher Dunn outfielder Vogt catcher Crawford president Macl( outfielder Dugrafr outfielder Keense pticher Lavens infielder A Dugray third base Maille infielder have Uuuii doser but fielding of the utla Inning 1 2 4 Outlaw Junior 0 0 cutaway Drikb 0 ('in Hatu Taylor ar Monilun Thunnaa and Oanaer ilito A Taylor 11 oft Thur man 7 Bam on an? 4'rf Taylor 7 off Thurman Htru Hy Taylor 6 by Thunnan Err (imintv Junior 5 ot (away Urugn 6 Swy rr and Ilubrrte War's call Is having boxing in more ways addition to causing a performers because of departure Qf some for army or navy camps and of the entrance of other into es sential employment that gives them no time for training member ot clubs that present entertainments are affected Some of these have gone into mu nition plants and all or part of the time are on shifts that start work at midnight Otluera are call ed rm to report for duty earlier than has been their wont Army and navy men who turn out strong for boxtng especially at the shows ot Detroit Lodge of Elks frequent ly wish to get back to their posts early or this reason It Is announced by the Elks committee that It will start all boxing entertainments be ginning Monday night promptly at 8:15 a'clock With a program such I as la to be presented in this show two bouts ut four rounds one ot six and one of eight the entertain ment will be concluded by 10 o'clock or shortly thereafter To prevent hitches by failure ot boys to report promptly or to be ready at the time scheduled the committee will have some other flood boxers on hand reiudy to go at a notice and will cancel the dilatory ones rom ev ery angle tho committee announces that It will handle the boxing sit uation firmly putting a check on threatened abuses right at the out set Monday's card which has Soldier Bowlin vs Jack Dunn and Ted Block vs Mike Schubert as Its fea tured numbers lias been printed al ready Admission Is by card from committee or lodge members with this formality unnecessary In cases of the wearers of service uniforms either officers or enlisted men tekmment of intra initi al aborts along With Hie all 'timix or rcure niatlve I' atns lvmythtng from football and btishelball to plain si ting up cx reixes Will on the program iisii III be ilowi'il to Slip out ot alls' ot this alhlctii work 9 i Miiffhlo Ah jl irrMilllHta of helrnt Oiitluwa Cluse Title Struggle Sunilny In a Dual attempt to even the soi'lcs In' the class elimination for the championship the Ottawuy lU'iigs defeated the Outlaw Juniors by 8 to 4 The kid ball clubs put up a goi argunvent for tho first two innitSi but the gatue was so lnlere'4ng that front then on it heiu the e'mwd throughout despite the fr' hit iliig Taylor and Thurman wtp nn the moiinil fol the aggreg' tfns and pltelieil good Ball Tho ore might the rugged players of high atniertc hrtitnI jnora ari more pop board of 'education is Install large i championship Horn nnH MS are hamired ynicwhat bv the Hize of their pools ut the A' A Is for the rtwlniming sport strong and if ay nf the hlffh schools form tear nnd really wish to practice the 'association might be persuaded t'a allow uae of Its fadlitjc the varsity meets Its flrpt real foe but thia took place nt Ntirt hwestern field riday night whdn the Mar shall house and Llnrufn teams )ot the Colt house league in grid iron battle Hous Teams htp Husky The Marshallttes were falrlv husky and e) were he adherents of the womierinl a glance at the other side of the field where tlie Cass Tech iecund team per haps on the nverAge 10 or 16 pounds lighter than of the Red and Gray class agiieKations was prac ticing would cnufle a shudder of fear to pass jver Tech atudents The average hause team player at Northwester this fafl Is a grader Tle "league was foundM last soiusoh tyy Rube Bovill and a silver cup (a awarded the winnbhg team TnrAj houses niaKs ap the circuit pi Gy tag wreklj games Central Mtfh has not as yet start ed fXs hoyuse team games' The UIua and Whi? organization was formed qiiltfo Tvhiln back but from the mauerfei out for the varsity this fall tho 'class game is likely to be a tats year ey of the other institutions will have Louse football Mo Mitchell 2 7 liuiuueiechmtdt 1 Er ein Kr'' finite 6 hi 7 innluxK Chase 1 in Two baso hltn YHIe Thre base hli Ort JWrltW hits Ma hoii KleK Bum un ball Off Weed 3 Chae iret on A merlciHi Car 3 Gelt on American Car 7 Maxwell Struck eut Uy Chotte Ciiaee Weed 7 Double plays Mercuro lu Ort Chiun Mitchell and ritunuse Thiuc l'uU arrofl and Jujuvc OTTAWAYS GRAB THIS ive Club Plan to Stage Bouts in Cold Month Middle weights Get Play Providing all the clubs 90 through with their plans for boxing enter jtalnments this winter them will fbe a lot of good flport for the sup porters of the glove game here abouts Three organizations already hare swung Into line although only one actually has started and two more are giving the Idea serious thought On Monday night the Elks conduct the second of their shcVR with a well balanced card and 'the following week or on October to be exact the Cosmopolitan wjj jn augurate Its season with thr' between bantams featuring Tremaine Nothing definite lias frojn olthes the Detroit Athiotlc club or the ellowcraft no doubt will entertain their ipinjiPrB dur Ing the cold months but as'tivitii i havti bean Mtarte ftt the Moo where the sport only is well patronized but mgh v'iaM thls latter feature fting due to unenn ny ability by parley Best tu mutch tl boxers fc interesting competl lion If the cl not uny ay riv als fur Pfronage can arrange their datrs to 'avoid conflicts the coming Beason Ought to furnish seine ex cellfen 4 pastime and at tno name time (jo WRr charities for whbh tlcuily all of the shews considerable good Guys ol uu classes ure certain ton iis'd the scarcity uf material because uf the war making this practicable lb rctuture hoys rang ing in weight rrmu tnc mintam ui vlsiuu to the were catered to exclushdy tor theirspeed and willingness to mix matters But the ranks of these buys have been so thinned out the heavier boxers win nave tne osi opportunity their lives this winter locally leubt tHSDSrf tei Is 2xunts rom Basketball to Set ling Up Exercises Will Keep Students Moving East Linshur Mich St pt 29 tinio thougaiKl athletes will bo In "1 Ia I i ilk' cainpii of the Mb ignn AurlcuHural 1 011088 this fall cconllnK to an announcement made tDienlly by the military offlera In cliqriji' of the East Lansing training LSenmp bath 7:28 1 5 880 yarila eight 2 5 rances three turns tnsn Claim Galligan Yards nine turns bh 18:50 2 5 Claim Galligan in ney 1500 yards 18 turns bath 24:29 1 5 Clairs Galligan inney one mile 17 turns bath 29:32 2 5 Claire Galligan inney A number of other records a also hung up at intermediate tances but tho foregoing are courses recognized by the IntarV national federation so classic anT thereby most Important The former standards as spprov ad by lhe governing body at the lost yearly meeting are the follow 1ng 100 yards four turns bath 5 and straightaway open water 1:07 4 5 220 yards in turns bath 2:59 3 5 and two turns open water 3:03 440 yarda four turns open water 4 5 500 yards 19 turns bath 731 2 5 880 yards eight turns open water 1516 2 5 one mile 17 turns open water 31:19 3 7 Mrs inney fa Good A comparison of the above fig ures shows that the prog ress was witnessed at tile longer course Mrs Galligan inney clip ping tho half mile time by 1 min ute 44 3 5 seconds and that for one mile by 1 minute 46 1 5 seconds Thia Is particularly gratifying for it Is tat the distances that Amer ican girls are weakest and their remarkable recent Improvement predicts that It won't be long be fore they attain world's speed The sprinting of Miss Dorfnar In dicates that she has assumed lead ership nt 100 and 220 yards over Miss annie Durack of Australia hitherto Invlnclblo The latter's In ternational marks of 1:06 and 8:83 respectively were made under mir favorable conditions than enjoyed wy ann cne seems warranted that In contest victory would go American girl Ail In all it was eeivnn lant success for our fair natators and augurs great things for the future naths featured none of the during the game Score: AMER CAR CO All Northern hitfh and Tontlac en gaged in ensHtlonal argument nt the AsyluiH City In lit 17 The rou tine t'itiu won out 7 to 0 but the Eskimos vowed revenge and now the opportunity presents itself Merritt will play team a great deal heavier than the rural nuaeti will be able to muster The fields for games here have not or a league of this sort it looks an the well is clear with suf licltnt parks available and a poa Bibiiity of jumps that are not so short as those in the east but that can be made ietus lengthy than those of either American or National western If the plan doesn't go through there will be plenty of good baseball next sea son supplied by service and mu nitions plants teams The outluuk in tho east where Inter citv baseball of the sort un der discussion was first advanced seem so bright New YorK is wanted In cf course The Brooklyn lot is being turned into a storage plant and the Pol Grounds stands are to be housed in for the same purpose There are Puritanical ideas to be over come in Philadelphia and Boston In Newark and elsewhere around New York there are yards available If needed But big league surround ings alone will make such circuits successful They can't exist with any semi pru conditions attached munitiWlag Soccer and Swimming Trpo Branches of Sport That Will Bene fit by Changed Northwestern Has House oot ball Teams Many Schools Would Covet Is having I a offect on boxing in more ways tAnn one In addition to causing a shortage of performers because of departure of some for army or navy camps and of the entrance of others into ossential eniployn ffnt that them no time for training bers of clubs tlfft present tainments are alfocted Suspension of high school ath letics last spriih particularly base ball and otitli6r track dia not do tlie flYDfaClf'd Uurm ht)f rnthi (etui ed to increas? interest amnng the' prep aggravation Possibly the diamond bfltrolt anyway will see no hlgAi school conflicts until tho war is landed but if two nr three prominent school athletic authori ties can idd the matter any some sort of lAan will bo made for base ball spring As a matter of fact the idea to play HMinller boys on the varsity and let tb larger ones go to th farms was tlmoHl given a try last spring It is certain to be agitated again this year by Ita original supporters Swimming iw Donated Swimming blds fair to take Its place with major high school sports Ln Detroit this winter Tho aquatic ftport was given a thorough try last vear and Im students turned tn it so enthusiastically that It now will be attempted on a much larger scaly National championships for DetroA that is tank events havts bAq hinted as among the possjbllpiey State tournaments have ben kiitf getsed while the city chamtpiohsb ip loom as a certain and event The Greater Detroit Intense He swimming meet will be I Aid in the A natamrium 'October 18 The date has been dyrtnltoly derided upon and entries vrom 10 Detroit high schools inrlrAHng De troit are expected with tne schools to circles the to become ular The pursuing a tanas a When College ootball Toolt the Count Running Turf Alone Was'Holding Out Though Weakening Press Decision to Drop Dope Darkens the Outlook BY JOE JACKSON Had the Kaiser any American friends among folk Interested In sport or athletics they must have deserted him after the develop ments of tile week just ended That government order result of our participation in the war that is really the finish of college foot ball was the death blow Major sport is practically gone As yet the prohibition does extend to games in November football Is an expensive sport the school athletic treasuries need such funds as they may secure from the few games of special Interest that are staged in October More than that the teams themselves need the gradual tuning up ot these con tests to bring them to the mark fur the Important battles uf Novem ber when titles are won or Ipst Drtroltcrfl Liv Clovi hind Ohio Rent The Cleveland white Motors No 2 to day defeated tho Miss Detroit cigars uf Detroit 15 to 0 for the Ihms A Amateur championship uf the National lUaebaU cdcratlun Settled nt 4 A Meetln While the claimed records will not1 be investlffated by the author ities until the annual A A meet ing to bn heli within a few week? ho that wim found 'press nportfs indicate that In most coses iKili were compiled with stricly anZi performances are vouched tor The only marks of which ne Is the least doubt In fact those Miss Cowells at 410 atl f00 yards According to coast tritlcs the pool lnwhlch may be a Utile short of ste fail length Ut comparing the relative value of the new and old standards It Jlould be borne jn mind that an rlvantace Is gained from pushing off al the turns and that competentjudges estimate the gain at sp proKlrnatelv 'Oil second per turn except at 100 yards when it is pos sibly a little less Are Records Claimed This noted here are the summer records claimed: 100 yards straight away 4th lu 2 5 Olga Dorfner Philadelphia 100 yards straight away (pen water 1:07 4 6 Char i lotto Boyle New York: 220 yards i two turns bath 2:56 3 6 ulga Dorfner 2i0 yarda six turns bath 2:59 2 5 rances Cowells San ran cisco 230 yards straightaway open water 5 Claire Galligan in ney New York 4in yarda 13 turns bath 6:30 2 5 rances Cowells 600 yarns turns'rances Cowells: turns bath 13:36 wells XRO yards water a3i 4 iOuO 'Slant and team is ready 1u meet i i he Uhi4nn3 but things I tlifkrn 1 1 rt 1 11 1av tho schools scksdulsd tu play dui ing lhe opening tnuiilh uf the schmu will be able make the jouinuy here from noon until time for thu game to start Much as the unuo furloujh rtulng wli lequlre Camp Custer it Is thought will be sure date Sunday football has n'M yet been discussed EVERYBODY MUST if atbleiic work 'J lies two om taIlute are uiorouijniy awaou io 'uulvantaBes of coinpeiitive ntliletUc' work Io camp irainiug anti hwVo liaile iheir stunil very deal' on the mention that will given thin Ilmse of the iblli'arv work this fall roll prg Jer si Inf a plan equate fvf astern DW N' KaiWMlfflMlRHHi0wl0BKRQBRIieirST gj rrmrumniinniB iiiimir iiiiii ma aw 'w' Tflka4rrwvT TOW wi aji IMl4 II 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